Journal of the Constitutional Convention for North Dakota: Held at Bismarck, Thursday, July 4 to Aug. 17, 1889, Together with the Enabling Act of Congress and the Proceedings of the Joint Commission Appointed for the Equitable Division of Territorial PropertyTribune, 1889 - 448 pages |
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... supreme court . Agreed to . The oath of office was then administered to all the members . The roll being called , the following was the vote of the conven- tion for president : Those voting for Mr. Fancher were Messrs . Allin , Almen ...
... supreme court . Agreed to . The oath of office was then administered to all the members . The roll being called , the following was the vote of the conven- tion for president : Those voting for Mr. Fancher were Messrs . Allin , Almen ...
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... Supreme Court shall constitute a board of pardons , in which shall be vested the sole power to remit fines and forfeitures , grant reprieves , commutations of sentence and pardons . The meetings of said board shall be held at the cap ...
... Supreme Court shall constitute a board of pardons , in which shall be vested the sole power to remit fines and forfeitures , grant reprieves , commutations of sentence and pardons . The meetings of said board shall be held at the cap ...
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... Supreme Court from the decision of the arbitrators , but said decision shall be carried out pending the decision of the Supreme Court . Which was read the first time . Mr. Blewett introduced File No. 92- OATH OF OFFICE . SECTION 1 ...
... Supreme Court from the decision of the arbitrators , but said decision shall be carried out pending the decision of the Supreme Court . Which was read the first time . Mr. Blewett introduced File No. 92- OATH OF OFFICE . SECTION 1 ...
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... Supreme court judges , shall be obliged to give their opinion upon important questions of law when required by the Governor , Council , or House of Representatives . Which was read the first time . Mr. Rowe introduced File No. 97 ...
... Supreme court judges , shall be obliged to give their opinion upon important questions of law when required by the Governor , Council , or House of Representatives . Which was read the first time . Mr. Rowe introduced File No. 97 ...
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... supreme court of this state or the territory . SEC . 47. The attorney - general shall be the law officer of the state ; he shall prosecute and defend on the part of the state , dur- ing his term of service , all cases brought by or ...
... supreme court of this state or the territory . SEC . 47. The attorney - general shall be the law officer of the state ; he shall prosecute and defend on the part of the state , dur- ing his term of service , all cases brought by or ...
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Page 22 - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use, shall make just compensation for property taken, injured, or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways, or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury, or destruction.
Page 357 - No corporation shall issue stocks or bonds except for money, labor done, or money or property actually received; and all fictitious increase of stock or indebtedness shall be void. The stock and indebtedness of corporations shall not be increased except in pursuance of general law, nor without the consent of the persons holding the larger amount in value of the stock, first obtained at a meeting to be held after sixty days' notice given in pursuance of law.
Page 215 - If, after such reconsideration, twothirds of the members present shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of the members present, it shall become a law.
Page 20 - That the people inhabiting this state do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries of this state, and to all lands lying within said limits owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes; and that, until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States...
Page 337 - ... the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state.
Page 153 - ... the exercise of the police power of the State shall never be abridged or so construed as to permit corporations to conduct their business in such manner as to infringe the equal rights of individuals or the general well-being of the State.
Page 358 - Any association or corporation, organized for the purpose, shall have the right to construct and operate a railroad between any points within this State, and to connect at the State line with railroads of other States. Every railroad company shall have the right with its road to intersect, connect with, or cross, any other railroad; and shall receive and transport each the other's passengers, tonnage, and cars, loaded or empty, without delay or discrimination.
Page 356 - All existing charters or grants of special or exclusive privileges, under which a bona fide organization shall not have taken place and business been commenced in good faith at the time this Constitution takes effect, shall thereafter have no validity.
Page 247 - All laws now in force in the Territory of Dakota, which are not repugnant to this Constitution, shall remain in force until they expire by their own limitations, or be altered or repealed by the Legislature.
Page 148 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.